Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small silver coin of Genoa imported into England by foreign merchants, especially in the fifteenth century. Compare
galley-halfpenny . - noun Same as
jean , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A coin of Genoa; any small coin.
- noun A kind of twilled cotton cloth. See
Jean .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
silver Genovesecoin , first used in England in the 14th century. - noun Alternative capitalization of
Jane , "woman". - noun Alternative spelling of
jean .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I mean the S&W hunting line is plain jane as it gets; no one is clamoring over a dumbed down TC ICON or a basic gas operated 12 gauge.
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P.S. I shoot a .243 ugly box lead tipped core lokts (sans colored plastic) and shoot 2-3/4 plain jane for ducks and turkey and get laughed at.
Petzal: .270 vs. 2009
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The other thing I noticed now that I re-read this, is the the public employee unions will lose gold-plated and subsidized insurance and have to take the ugly plain jane insurance.
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I mean the S&W hunting line is plain jane as it gets; no one is clamoring over a dumbed down TC ICON or a basic gas operated 12 gauge.
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But for freshwater, I don't think anything fights as hard, pound for pound, as a plain jane garden variety carp caught out of a river.
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I like park italian gourmet on 45th …. plain jane sandwich … not all that fancy cer te crap.
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For many years was only the plain jane Core-lokts, but do like the polymer tips better.
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For many years was only the plain jane Core-lokts, but do like the polymer tips better.
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I've been posting about how one of the things that really, really has me frothing about this whole situation w/jihad jane is the astonished amazement that (white) americans would ever be recruited into the likes of al aqaeda (or al qaeda wannabes).
dreams. 2010
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But for freshwater, I don't think anything fights as hard, pound for pound, as a plain jane garden variety carp caught out of a river.
skipvia commented on the word jane
Lady Jane by the Rolling Stones
Queen Jane Approximately by Bob Dylan
February 8, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word jane
And "Sweet Jane" by the Cowboy Junkies.
February 9, 2008
anydelirium commented on the word jane
title character in Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
Jane Bennett, in Austen's Pride and Prejudice
February 17, 2008